Mattress.



J, E. BILLING.

MATTRESS. APPLICATIQN FILED Nov.7.1914.

1,153,64; Patented Sept. 14, 1915. I

INVENTUP? A T TUNEYE Joan E. BILLING, or ILWAUKEE, Wisconsin. i

' MATTRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented se t. Ml, 11915.

1 Application filed November 7, 1914. Serial No. 870,724.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN ;E.-R1LLiNo a citizen of the United States,'andresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State oflVi'sconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mattresses, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had 'to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to mattresses.

The invention designs more particularly to provide a spring mattressmade up of a plurality of sections. i

The invention further designs to provide a spring mattress made up 'of aplurality of sections and means for connecting adjacent sectionstogether so as to form a. unitary structure.

Heretofore mattresses have been made of a plurality of sections andmeans have been provided for connecting adjacent sections together butthese constructions are objectionable because, the sections actedindependently and not as a unit. To obviate this difliculty means havebeen provided for not only connecting the adjacent'sections of themattress together but also connecting the springs adjacent the edges ofadjacent mattress sections together so that a unitary mattressconstruction Will result.

The invention further designs to provide a new and improved form ofmattress con struction. V

The invention consists in the several fea-' tures hereinafter set forthand more particularly defined by. claims at the conclusion hereof. 1

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mattressembodyingthe invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectiontaken on line 44'of Fig. 2. i

The separatable mattress consistsof a plurality of mattress sections 5and means for securing them together to produce a unitary mattress. Eachof these sections comprise'a plurality of springs 6 whoseintermediateconvolutions are straightened so that links 7 connectingadjacent springs will exert a straight pull upon the springs and thesprings adjacent the outer edge of the section are connectedintermediate their ends to a surrounding frame 8 having areinforclngcross bar 9. Flexible coverings 10 are secured to the upperand lower portions of the springs 6 by. stitching 11 and an outercovering 12 surrounds each section.

The means for securing the mattress sections together comprises eyelets13 inserted adjacent the edge 14 of adjacent mattress sections throughwhich suitable lacing 15 is inserted to secure the mattress sectionstogether. These eyelets 13 are inserted adjacent the edges 14 of theouter covering 12 passing through the upper and lower sides of saidcovering respectively and through an overlapped portion 16 of said coverand at tlie same time passing within the upper and The invention is notto be restricted to the details of construction herein set forth but maybe varied so as to be within the scope of appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A separable mattress comprising aplurality of mattress sections, each of said sections comprising 'aplurality -of springs joined together and upper and lower flexiblecoverings secured to the upper'and lower portions of said springs,eyelets passing through said coverings and through the springs adjacentthe side edges of each section, and means passing through the eyeletsfor securing adjacent sections together to producea unitary springmattress.

A mattress comprising a plurality of separate mattress'sections, each ofsaid sec- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signations comprising aplurality of springs and ture, in presence of two Witnesses. flexiblecoverings secured to said springs,

and means passing through said coverings JOHN E. BILLING. and throughthe springs adjacenfi the bottom and top edges of the sides of adjacent,sec- \Vitnesses:

tions to detachably connect said sections to- LOUIS O. FRENCH,

gether to produce a unitary spring mattress. EMILY SCHOWALTER.

